Flood-fence.



PATENTED DEC. 13, 1904;

J. ELLIOTT. FLOOD FENCE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.11,1904.

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FLOOD-FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 777,613, dated December13, 1904. Application filed Augusi 11, 1904. Serial No. 220,3I9. (N0model.)

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Be it known that I, JOHN ELLIOTT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Martinsville, in the county of Clark and State of Illinois,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Flood-Fences, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in flood-fences or water-gateswhich are used for closing gaps in a line of fence where it crossesstreams ofwater or on very low lands. It may also be used as acattle-guard to prevent the cattle from straying from a pasture where astream of water passes through such pasture.

With these objects in view my invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as willbe hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims. referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view ofmy improvement as in use. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2 2of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective. Fig. 4 is a view of anotherform of my improvement. Fig. 5 is an end view of the same.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that my device embodies twoflat metallic plates or anchor-bars A, to which are bolted or riveted anumber of arched bars B. Said arched bars may be made in the form ofsemicircular hoops, as shown in Fig. 4, or they may be semicircular barsplaced. edgewise, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. In either constructionthe ends are bent at right angles, as at Z) and b, and bolted or rivetedto the anchorplates A. In the form shown in Figs. & and 5 the bent ends6 will be in the same vertical plane as that of the arched bar. In theform shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the bent ends are placed at right anglesto the plane of the arched bar and bolted or riveted in either form tothe anchor-plates A. The plates A are made any length desired and placedany suitable distance apart.

In the form in which the arched bars are placed edgewise the first andsecond bars at one end have their bent ends facing in oppositedirections, and the first bar has its bent end lapping the bent end ofthe second bar, and

the ends of both are then secured to the anchor-plates by a pin driventhrough holes in said ends, through the anchor-plates, and into theearth, thus anchoring the whole device. (See Fig. 3.) The remainingarched bars are to be bolted or riveted to the anchor-plates, as theywill also be in the form shown in Fig. 4:. Each anchor-plate is providednear its ends with a hole through which anchor-pins C are to be driven,completely anchoring the entire device to the earth.

The gate or fence in Fig. 1 is especially adapted for use in streamswhere the current is very swift, and the form shown in Fig. 4 ispreferred for use in streams where the current is not very swift. Instreams where the water does not reach to and above the tops of thearched bars the drift-wood, the. will stri he the arched bars, ride upover the same, and then slip 011' the opposite sides. The device willalso prevent cattle from straying from a pasture when the water in thestream which passes through the pastures is low. The fence can be easilyplaced in position, as all that is necessary is to drive the anchor-pinsC through the holes in the ends of the anchor-plates into the earth.

The device can be manufactured with the parts separated for convenientpacking and shipping and can be readily set up by one by the use of aWrench or hammer and then placed in position. My improvement may also beused as a gate by withdrawing all of the anchor-pins except at onecorner and using; this single anchor-pin as a pivot or hinge upon whichthe whole frame may be swung.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A flood-fence consisting of spaced longitudinal base-bars, aplurality of arched transverse bars secured at their lower ends to thesaid base-bars, and a spike or pin passed through the end of one of thebase-bars anchoring the same to the ground and serving as a pivot uponwhich to swing the entire device, whereby it may serve as a gate.

52. A flood-fence consisting of spaced basebars, and a plurality ofarched transverse bars, said transverse bars having their ends bent toIce arched bars overlapping each other, and a pin passed through saidoverlapping ends, through I O the base-bars into the earth for anchoringthe fence.

JOHN ELLIOTT. Witnesses:

LEWIs C. McDANIEL, NATHAN WV. NETTLETON.

